The day after a story about Huntington Boulevard ran, the city of Fresno hustled out there to close down a shaved ice stand catering to neighborhood kids.

"All these kids are coming up to me and it's breaking my heart to tell them no sno-cones," said Rene Torres, fence company owner/part-time shaved ice salesman.

Torres was mowing his lawn when a code enforcement inspector pulled up and told him he had to immediately remove his signs advertising lime, pineapple and strawberry sno-cones. Torres does about $20 in business a day, along with handing out free flavored ice at will.

He may be able to reopen...he'll just need a business license ($27), a mobile vendor permit ($25), a business tax-certificate ($37) and fingerprints ($47).
All improperly permitted lemonade stands be on alert.